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True, we didn't get any planetary information... :( But I did enjoy the all references to other themes...Intergalactic Girl is apparently the scourge of the Blacktron Forces, for example, and the surgeon has helped heal in the aftermath of the alien and dinosaur invasions. And I love the idea of an alien whose only source of information on his kind are tabloids--brilliant idea! There's a story in there... TC

Thanks for catching that. The Caribbean Clipper was known as the Seahawk elsewhere, so that makes sense. LEGO eliminated the rapping from later ads, which was nice... But it still didn't hold a candle to the overseas ad... So...on the one hand we have a fully-realized LEGO Pirates world...on the other hand we have...a kid playing with toys. What the heck, LEGO? TC

That's a good question. Obviously, the biggest draw for most kids would be the pirates, but encouraging kids to side with criminals isn't exactly a good idea. The early official storylines therefore tried to introduce a certain degree of ambiguity to the theme. The boxes stated that the Imperials were digging up treasure belonging to the pirate's ancestors, giving the pirates motivation to attack in order to reclaim what was arguably their rightful property. The comic showed the pirates engaging in actual piracy, but also portrayed the Governor as corrupt and self-serving, making both sides seem equally bad. Later this was forgotten in favor of casting the pirates as bad guys, with the god-like LEGO Maniac often interceding on the soldier's behalf. And nowadays, of course, every LEGO theme makes it absolutely clear who are the good guys and who are the bad guys, which is arguably a less sophisticated and open-ended approach. As for myself personally, I didn't buy the idea that the pirates had any claim to the treasure. I knew they were the bad guys. But I still took their side, because they were awesome. TC

Hey everyone! During my YouTube wanderings I came across a Classic LEGO Pirate commercial I had never seen before. It features a sea battle between the Caribbean Clipper and the Black Seas Barracuda: It's a pretty epic battle, and the stop motion and sound effects are well done. Two interesting details are the LEGO flag replacing the smaller pirate flag on the Barracuda and the Will figure from the comic/Lagoon Lock-Up. The description says it's from 1990, and it's probably from Japan or China, but I'm not sure which. Anybody remember this? This was part of a 90's trend of other countries getting epic LEGO commercials, full of action and adventure, while we in the US had...rapping. Sigh. [bloggedcp][/bloggedcp] TC

Oh I get the idea of a multiverse, and that kind of explanation certainly works for stuff like Bionicle and some of the computer games and comics. But the Time Cruisers theme indicates pretty clearly that each theme is intended to represent a historical period within a single continuous history; so Pirates occupies a time period comparable to the 17th or 18th century in the (or if you prefer, a) LEGO universe. TC

Interesting. Is the Ninjago fragment on the Nimbus map the same as the Ninjago planet seen in the comic? Do they look different? TC

I want one! TC

That's certainly one possible interpretation. I tend to favor the idea that all LEGO themes exist in the same universe at different times and places. LEGO itself frequently uses this idea; whether it's through a theme like Time Cruisers, having different LEGO characters be descendants of one another (Ogel and Vladek, Flatfoot Thompson and Redbeard) or through an indication of time passing within the theme, as with the Classic Space statue in Space Police. The notion that the technic themes like Bionicle, Throwbots, and Hero Factory might exist in the same universe is a little unusual, but since they all take place on different planets the possibility is there. Is that the city from Space Police? I'm all for including more information on the list...are there any particularly significant non-planet locations that should be noted? I remember there was an M-Tron nebula mentioned in the collectable minifig bios... Interesting note on Ninjago. Is it a planet in and of itself, or is it a fragment of Crux? TC

I am amazed! The ship looks great, and I love how you perfectly captured all the characters in the minifigures. Mal and Jayne look particularly good--great choice of faces and torsos! TC

All good points. Aquasharks show up on Holox in the Insectoid Invasion book, so the water factions aren't necessarily confined to one planet. IIRC Aquaraiders had some of the heads from the Spyrius figures, for whatever that's worth. I've tried to clarify the present nature of the destroyed worlds this time around. I've added Zark, Ogel, and Omega to the list, all from the Captain Indigo feature in the old Bricks 'n Pieces magazine. I had no idea that Brickset had an archive of old magazines; it's a really useful resource that's well worth checking out. Apparently the old Castle sets had a bit of storyline to go with them--who knew? TC

Very true; Star Wars has a whole host of planets, and with the DC and Marvel universes coming to LEGO...it would just never end! I've had a chance during the break to take a look at my LEGO Magazine collection. I've made some more planet discoveries; some of them fairly obvious ones: Unitron, Spyrius, Roboton, possibly Jovia, and Gixxl Prime have all been added to the list. TC

That is so cool...I've always been interested in the storylines created for the LEGO sets, and Adventurers is my second-favorite theme, so I wish I could get ahold of these somehow... Did any other themes have them? TC

Thanks, that's really helpful! So these plays were in German? And Timmy was Dr. Cyber's apprentice? Was he in training? Did they say how they met, and whether Timmy helped build the time machines? EDIT: I see that the first tape involves a trip to the year 3777...Is that the year Aquazone takes place? TC

I just got the Pirate Advent Calender. December is gonna be a fun month. :) TC

LEGO has presented multiple ways of interpreting the spatial and time relationship between each theme. There have been multiple references to a Castle Planet, LEGO Island suggested that they take place on different islands... The one I like best is the historical timeline route, which is implied by Time Cruisers: all of the themes take place somewhere in LEGO history, which resembles our own in a fantastical, adventurous, whimsical kind of way. Personally, I think that all interpretations can work. The original Star Trek television show had something called Hodgekin's Law of Parallel Planetary Development, which stated that many cultures will develop along similar lines, in some cases mirroring them exactly. Now, Star Trek was never consistent with using this idea, and it was obviously intended to allow the producers to re-use Nazi, gangster, and Roman costumes and sets, but I think it can work with LEGO. Particularly since Classic Space takes a lot of inspiration from Star Trek. Given the relative lack of actual alien cultures in the Space theme, having planets for different themes adds play value. But if we see a world like Ashlar, which is basically a castle planet, that doesn't mean that the people and places in it weren't represented at some point on LEGO Earth as well, thanks to Hodgekin's Law of Parallel Planetary Development. LEGO Universe (which I had never really paid much attention to before compiling the list) does a nice job of setting up interaction between themes; the backstory is rooted in a futuristic setting, but through the power of imagination various worlds corresponding to LEGO themes are created. This allows for, say, pirates and ninjas to meet without sacrificing the idea that there were also historical LEGO pirates and ninjas. I'd say that LEGO Island takes place in a similar realm, given that the backstory for the Infomaniac and the Brickster set them up as kind of demigod-like figures. Greys make sense as a name--though they might not call themselves that. I'm interested in reading the biography for the alien... I limited the list to planets, because there are a lot of moons to keep track of: Hero Factory and Bionicle both have multiple moons, and I hadn't decided whether to include, for example, the moons of Mars. Ideally, in an expanded list, all planets would be organized by system with notes on their moons within the planet's entry. Wow! Those are some great points. I'll add X4 to the list. It would make sense that the Space Police would have a base in-system to monitor the Alien Conquest homeworld, since they've invaded the Earth in the past. A faction list would definitely be useful, especially given the intriguing relations between the different factions hinted at in various sources. I'm very sympathetic towards a negative/ambiguous moral interpretation of the LEGO Space people. Particularly the Space Police; they're shockingly quick to condemn aliens in the mini-movies, and even back in the 90's the Ice Planet boxes suggested that rogue elements of the Space Police were out to steal technology from their allies. (There's even a battle between Space Police and Ice Planet forces in one of the commercials too!) The old Jim Spaceborn comics cast the black-clad Classic Space figures as the bad guys, and one could even assume Blacktron split off of that faction... The picture one gets of the LEGO Space theme is that the humans can be a prejudiced people, quick to plunder resources from other planets, and organized by factions that frequently turn on each other. Now that's obviously the negative side; no doubt there are peaceful, law-abiding explorers in there as well. But one has to wonder at the dark undercurrent running through the theme. Did the early invasions of Earth and Mars taint the relationships LEGO astronauts had with other races? Interesting possibilities for stories here... So Ninjago is a country in the modern LEGO world? Interesting... I wouldn't be so quick to assume that the Time Cruisers vehicles couldn't visit other planets; time travel would involve some degree of space travel as well, after all. I seem to remember at least one set coming with an Ice Planet helmet, which is awfully specific if the time machines can't travel to other planets like, say, the TARDIS can. It was never clearly defined where Aquazone took place, so it's definitely open to interpretation. I'd argue that it takes place on another planet because it was originally developed as a space theme, the environment in the catalogs has strange blue crystalline rock formations, and the similar Rock Raiders theme explicitly took place on another planet. But it's up for debate. I'm really interested in this Time Cruisers story! Can you send me more details; where it was published, what the characters were like, what the story was, etc? I'd like to learn more about that theme's storyline... TC

Ha! I thought that name was too much of a pun, but I guess I should never underestimate LEGO's tendency to use clever names. :) I was leaning towards "Ice Planeteers", but I guess it'll be Icetronauts from now on. Interesting theories! I know LEGO is all about creating anything you want, but I've always found the different themes ripe for speculation like this. For awhile I liked to think that the Aquasharks were a Blacktron affiliated faction, but I agree that they work better as a sort of space pirate band. I do assume that the Aquanauts are affiliated with the same galactic government that Futron and all the rest belong to. Aquaraiders were another rival gang, I'm guessing, while the Stingrays would have been the true inhabitants of the planet. It's a shame that they were cast as the villain in their theme... IIRC, one of the plot points of the American version was that the Slizer planet was either breaking apart or in danger of breaking apart...so the European version could simply represent the aftermath of a disaster. This is true. One of the tricky things about cataloging the LEGO planets is that many of them were shattered into different worlds--this is the backstory for LEGO universe as well. I tend to count only the original form of the planet, but it's definitely something we should make note of if we want more detail in the list. I wasn't sure if I should include the unnamed worlds or not...theoretically, every alien in the new Space Police theme represents a different world as well, and the urban space dome environment from the mini movies and commercials seems like a distinct planet too. A related project might be cataloging the different LEGO aliens...we're getting a new species in the next collectable minifigure line... It's interesting to speculate about the history of aliens and the LEGO space exploration program. LEGO took so long to allow aliens in its space lineup that it seemed as though the UFO fleet was the first truly alien race the largely human faction encountered. But now we know that LEGO humanity had encountered alien life much earlier, in the Alien Conquest and Life on Mars themes. And yet it's still largely portrayed as a humans-against-aliens theme. This stems from LEGO wanting a clear antagonist for each theme, of course, but with all the humans on one side and all the aliens on the other, it's gotten a bit more sinister than in the days when it was just everybody against Blacktron... Are the aliens part of the Galactic Council? Why aren't Martians or other aliens represented in the Space Police? Why does most of the action for the regular Space themes take place on barely habitable planets and asteroids? Even the new Space Police theme seems to take place in a sealed space city on some planetoid. Do humans never visit the alien worlds? Are they toxic to humans, or are they just aggressively defended by isolationist species? Perhaps the only aliens at large in the galaxy are the criminal exiles we see in Space Police, or the aggressively expansionist species like the UFO and Alien Conquest aliens... Or are the humans really the bad guys? We see them competing for resources with the Stingrays and the Rock Monsters on what are presumably their own planets...interesting possibilities for stories. Does anyone know much about the Exo-Force and Ninjago themes? Do they take place on Earth, or in any kind of historical/futuristic context? TC

I like all the trans-orange elements from newer themes that you've worked in. Good job! :) TC

Thanks for all the information, everyone! That Dune reference is particularly interesting...I'll add it to my notes. I actually had Ashlar on the list. It's an interesting case...I'd take it to mean that it's a world with significant parallels to LEGO history, like many of the worlds on Star Trek, rather than assume that the fantasy-era Castle sets only take place on Ashlar. I'd also assume that it's the same as the "Castle Planet" mentioned in a UFO/Fright Knight commercial. Possibly the homeworld of Duke Exeter from LEGO Universe as well. I'm definitely interested in alternate planet names from other countries--I'll put that one on the list! Was this from the Netherlands version of the Insectoid Invasion book, or from the catalogs? I'm glad you bring up Ice Planet 2002 as I've been particularly interested in that theme lately--I've been working on a project involving it. I had always assumed that the ice planet was known as Ice Planet 2002, presumably the 2002nd ice planet charted by the...um, ice planet people. Ice Planeteers? Icestronauts? Ice Tronians? So it's good to see that was the case in at least one country. The version from the American boxes is more confusing: “The ice planet Krysto, with its vast network of frozen tunnels and caves, is the capital of a remote part of the universe known as Ice Planet 2002. It is from this snow covered planet that rocket technicians are conducting top secret research. Their findings are coveted by the Blacktron forces and even renegades within the Space Police.” There's a region within the universe known as Ice Planet 2002, of which a particular ice planet is the capital? That makes no sense. But it's interesting that none of the storylines involved setting the theme in 2002, which seemed to be the obvious implication. TC

I think the underside of the saucer could use some filling out, but the shuttle craft is spot-on! TC

Hi all, So I got curious about the all the planets that have been named in official LEGO sources: web sites, set boxes, video games, books, comics, etc., etc. I've been compiling a list, first from my own memory, then using Brickipedia and the Bionicle and Hero Factory wikis. For the purposes of this list, I'm assuming that all the planets exist in the same LEGO universe, but many may be in different galaxies. Planets from Star Wars and other licensed sets need not apply, as they clearly belong in their own universes. Here's what I have so far--any additional help would be great! LEGO Planets 214DAL Unknown planet. (Bug Battle) 814FTW Unknown planet. (Bug Battle) Alpha-1 Home to the Alpha-1 Rocket Base and the orbiting Space Station Alpha 1. (483 Alpha-1 Rocket Base, SOS Space Station Alpha 1) Almaak IV Hero Factory planet. Almaak V Hero Factory planet. Aquatica Water world, featuring neon plantlife and blue underwater denizens. (INTER-GALACTICA touring show) Aquazone (?) Water world from the Aquazone theme. (Originally a space theme, and definitely takes place on another planet, but we don't have a definitive name yet. The Insectoid Invasion puzzle book and the World Club Time Cruiser comics suggest it may be part of Holox/Armeron and therefore in a different dimension.) Arcae (Arcan?) Gold is mined here. ( )Arkoula 118 Hero Factory planet. Ashlar Castle world. (Clutch Powers) Aurum The Exploriens maintain a mining and research base on this planet, where they discovered gold. (Das Geheimnis um die Magischen Ratsel promotional comic.) B-II Homeworld of Blacktron Future Generation. (1991 Canadian Catalog) Beta I Home to the Beta I Command Base. (6970 Beta-1 Command Base) Blacktron Homeworld of the Blacktron Space Fleet and the Wuffletrunk, a popular domesticated animal. (Bricks ‘n Pieces Spring 1988) Located in the center of the galaxies. (Bricks ‘n Pieces, Spring 1991) Blip Homeworld of the Alien Pilot. Allegedly unpronouncable. ("Ask an Alien") Possibly the same as planet X2½ and/or the Imperial Throneworld. Cerrazon 8 Hero Factory planet. Cherith 9 Hero Factory planet. Commercia Trading center. Unknown galaxy. (Jim Spaceborn: The Unknown Galaxy) Crux Home of the Imagination Nexus. Now destroyed. (LEGO Universe.) Cyber World Home of the Technic CyberSlam/Competition theme. (July-August LEGO Mania Magazine) Cygnia Location of a Thermo-Dam. (Hero Factory) DeepFreeze Has an arctic climate, and appears similar to Canada in terms of fauna (with the exception of penguins) and flora. Located close enough to Nimbus System to be affected by the Maelstrom. (LEGO Universe) Duplo The inhabitants of planet Duplo staged an invasion of Bricksburg. (The LEGO Movie) Earth Home to most LEGO themes. Moon may be home to Galaxy City. Also known as "Terra", and "Castle Planet". Egibe Site of a meeting between Futuron astronauts Rodo and Wabul and an alien named Regon. Has a moon called Zoer. (De LEGO Kraant, Winter 1987) Etamin II Hero Factory planet. Fabulox 18 Desert world. (Hero Factory) Gallant 5 Site of an ancient structure created by the First Builders. (LEGO Universe) Gixxl Prime Home to robo-fleets that were defeated by Hypaxxus-8’s Alien Android. (July-August 2011 LEGO Magazine.) Goferbro A planet inhabited by minifigs, equivalent to the 70s (1970s?) on the time continuum. On the other side of the galaxy. (From Earth?) (Clutch Powers) Hagia Home of the Hagian Slotworm. ("Ask an Alien") Hive Planet Homeworld of the Galaxy Squad's alien bug invaders. Everything they capture on conquered worlds is covered in webs and brought back to the homeworld. (January/February 2013 LEGO Club Magazine) Hivilus 5 The Hive Planet, home of Thornraxx. ("Hero Factory: Breakout") (Name uncertain--may be a fan creation.) Holox In Europe, this planet was called Armeron. (1998 UK Catalog) It is located in a different dimension, almost certainly the same as the Insectoids' original homeworld of Zotax. Professor Kilroy searched for years for a portal to Armeron, and finally located it within the forbidden ruins of the Pharoah Hotep. (May-June 1998 LEGO World Club Magazine) (Possibly the same as Aquazone, above.) Its surface is barren, rocky, and dotted with Waste Ponds. Beneath the surface is an Inner World with its own sun. Its native inhabitants include giant lizards and Bilgin Bugs, who are ruled by a King. The inhabitants of the Inner World are prevented from reaching the surface by an Ice Zone, where no Bug can survive. Beneath that is the Web Zone, home of giant spiders and the Egde Zone, home to giant lizards. The Inner World contains a Fossil Forest, and a Steaming Swamp where Spyrians and Aquasharks can be found, the Golden River of lava, the Valley of Venomous Vents, and at the planet's heart, the Flaming Furnace scorched by the innder sun. A group of Zotaxians crash landed here, and battled the Bilgen Bugs for the sun's energy. In order to infiltrate the Inner World, the Zotaxians modified their spacehips to resemble the Bugs...and the Insectoids were born. (Insectoid Invasion) Humorless Homeworld of the UFO aliens; a boring place that alien leader Alpha Draconis hopes to liven up by abducting fun vehicles from Earth. (September-October 1997 LEGO Mania magazine) Probably located in the same parallel dimension and/or is the same planet as the other UFO homeworlds of Zotax and Xizos. Ika One million light years from Earth. Home to the insect eating Ikas, who breed Bio-beetles to feed their young. (Bricks n’ Pieces March 1996) Imperial Throneworld The Alien Villainess's (CMF Series 8) homeworld and the citadel of her interstellar empire! (CMF S8 website character bio) (Probably the same as planet X2½.) Inner World, The Home of robot OK. This is what the inhabitants of this halved planet called the habitable interior, where everything is reversed--even speech! Discovered by Captain Black and Roger Robot. (Meeting in Space) Jovan II Home to the Jovian cosmic storm, a famous galactic landmark, and Jovian blockodiles. (Space Police Log, July-August 2011 LEGO Magazine.) Jupiter Briefly mentioned in a RoboForce log. (March-April 1997 LEGO Mania) Kollix IV Hero Factory planet. Krysto-2002 Frozen world on the edge of the known universe. (Ice Planet 2002 boxes and Space Miner bio.) Lavoo Lava Planet in the Selva/Planet X Galaxy. (Bug Battle) Lemus 2 Planet known for producing explosives. (Hero Factory) Lunar Tratix Remote and barren planet. (Hero Factory: The Enemy Within) Magma Moon The Exploriens had a base here. (LEGO Racers) Mars Fourth planet of the Sol system. Home to the Martians. Has two moons, Phobos and Deimos. (Life on Mars, Mars Mission) Mechna Industrial planet; home world of XT4. (Hero Factory: Breakout) Mercury A small planet with a day approximately half as long as that of Earth. (March-April 1997 LEGO Mania) Merak 9 There are mines on this planet. (Hero Factory: The Trials of Furno) Mixel Tribes of elemental creatures called Mixels inhabit this planet and its moon. They are opposed by the single-minded Nixels. ( )Mondo II Explorien planet. The Space Lab here once lost contact with its SatCraft 001 Spaceships. (The Space Mystery) Mutania A mad scientist created this totally artificial world. Its inhabitants include Minotaurs and fairies. ("LEGO Galactic Adventures" show via Summer 1993 Brick Kicks Magazine) Nepton 13 A planet located near a black hole, which causes its inhabitants to become extremely dense. (Space Police Logs) Ninjago Home of the Ninjago theme. Possibly in the Nimbus system. (The Challenge of Samukai.) Ogel First explored by the Delta 1 Explorer, this planet is home to the Six-legged Ordregg. (1982 Spring Bricks 'n Pieces Magazine) Captain Indigo would later take a holiday here. (1985 Autumn Bricks ‘n Pieces Magazine.) Omega A planet in Zone 8 frequented by the Zark Star Fleet. (1983 Summer Bricks ‘n Pieces Magazine.) Oron Planet threatened by the Evil Connector. Two natives, Alpha and Beta, left their world on an emergancy mission to seek Brick Buildmore's help in repairing their sabotaged flying saucer. (Brick Kicks, Winter 1987) Portabello A fantasy world inhabited by magical, sentient animals such as flying pigs. Located close enough to Nimbus System to be affected by the Maelstrom. (LEGO Universe) Prima Giedi Hero Factory Planet. Probable reference to Giedi Prime, from the Dune series. Planet U Rock Raiders planet. Other galaxy. (Rock Raiders video game.) (The book Standing Small places this world in a parallel universe.) Pluton IV A frozen planet. (LEGO Play Book) Pluuvia Presumed home of the Pluuvian Brain-Beasts from the Alien Conquest theme. (Alien Conquest website.) (May actually refer to a planet in the Pluton system or anywhere in the Plutonic Nebula.) Polaris I Home to the Polaris-1 Space Lab. (6972 Polaris-1 Space Lab) Quatros One of the last natural sources of Quaza in the galaxy. Hero Factory planet. Rasm Home to an Earth mining colony, patrolled by Space Police. (AS LEGO #2) Reverso Backwards planet. (Duh!) (Hero Factory) Roboton (Other galaxy.) Secret training camp and headquarters for the Roboforce faction. (March-April 1997 LEGO Mania Magazine) Robot Planet, the Home to a culture of highly evolved robots who seek out rare and valuable minerals. ("LEGO Galactic Adventures" show via Summer 1993 Brick Kicks Magazine) Robus Jungle planet inhabited by robots, who are powered by the acid of the native fruit. Invaded by Kazak’s forces, liberated by Jim Spaceborn. Unknown galaxy. (Jim Spaceborn: The Unknown Galaxy) Sarazon 8 (Hero Factory) Saturn Made up of mostly hydrogen and helium gases, with lower density than seawater. Known for its rings made up of lumps of ice and space dust, ranging in size from sugar grains to train cars. (March-April 1997 LEGO Mania) Home to 17-legged spiders which may be domesticated as pets. (January-February 1996 LEGO Mania) Scylla Water world. (Hero Factory) Seguins Home of the Suzerain. (Hero Factory) Selva A world targeted by invading alien bugs. Possibly home to the Galaxy Squad. Located in the Planet X/Selva Galaxy. (January/February 2013 LEGO Club Magazine) Slizer Planet 4,000 lightyears from Earth. Home to the Throwbots. Seven different regions with different terrain. Now shattered. (May 1999 LEGO Technic Magazine) Spherus Magna Bionicle planet. Solis Magna system. Once shattered; now reformed at the end of the storyline. Spyrius Planet in the Spyrius system, one of the outer systems of the galaxies. Homeworld of the Spyrius faction, who colonized it. Possibly the same as Spyrius IV, below. (Summer 1994 Bricks 'n Pieces Magazine.) Spyrius IV Planet in the Spyrius system, one of the outer systems of the galaxies. Possibly the same as above. (Collectable Minifigure Space Villain bio) Swamp Planet, the Home to carnivourous flowers grown by Gamma Rays from the planet's strange Green Sun. 150 light years away from the Robot Planet. ("LEGO Galactic Adventures" touring show via Summer 1993 Brick Kicks Magazine, and the INTER-GALACTICA show--possibly the same show under different names.) (Possibly the same as the Jim Spaceborn Swamp Planet?) Tansari VI Mist-covered planet that collects lighting to provide energy to its home galaxy. (Hero Factory) Tantalus 5 Home to a prison complex. (Hero Factory) Tallos 5 Home to mining fields. (Hero Factory) Tarek Home to mutant pandas. (Hero Factory) TECHNIC A planet with a vast, desert surface. The TECHNIC civilization thrives here, but is plagued by fugitive gangs that destabilize TECHNIC construction. Dan Thunder and his robot helper Orb are in charge of apprehending gang members. (8428 Turbo Command Expander CD-ROM) Terra-9 Inhabited by crystal bees and home to the Quadrillion Dunes, which are patrolled by Space Police. (The Brick Street Journal) Terra X Planet from INTER-GALACTICA touring show. Tyral 9 (Hero Factory) Unitron Home to the Unitron forces. At the crossroads of the universe, a port of call for all aliens. (May-June 1995 Mania Magazine.) Veedo Bug outpost in the Planet X/Selva Galaxy. (Bug Battle) Venus Known by RoboForce for its unfriendly atmosphere, with temperatures up to 900 degrees and pressures like being 3,000 feet underwater; enough to vaporize spacecraft in two hours. (March-April 1997 LEGO Mania) Inhabited by Venusians, which speak the Venusian language and are known for making waffles. (Space Police III, The Brick Street Journal) Videon A treacherous world. (Hero Factory) Volga A world full of wild and dangerous life, first explored and colonized in the year 2531. (LEGO Awesome Ideas) Vulcox A huge lava planet located in the same system in a parallel dimension as the smaller Zotax. (1997 UFO comic insert) X2½ Homeworld of the aliens from Alien Conquest. Also home to an aquatic race. (Alien Conquest website, "Ask an Alien") (Probably the Imperial Throneworld, possibly located in the Plutonic Nebula.) X4 Space Police Prison planet. (Clutch Powers) Xalax Home to diminutive racer car drivers. Racers theme. (LEGO Racers) Xeebo Home to droid brothers, Techdroid 1 and Techdroid 2, who fought to save their planet from the evil Black Droid Empire. (Bricks ‘n Pieces, August 1997) Possibly located in the same dimension as Zotax and Holox. Xizos Home to Commander X, Prince of Xizos. (Bricks ‘n Pieces, August 1997) Probably located in the same parallel dimension as Zotax and Holox, possibly the same planet as Xotax and/or Humorless. Z'chaya Jungle planet. (Hero Factory: Breakout) Zark Home of the Zark race, ruled by Emperor Bartok. The Zarconian Jewel is the primary source of energy for the planet. (Spring 1984 Bricks n’ Pieces magazine.) Zarron Planet covered in bamboo. (Hero Factory) Zonia Homeworld of the Classic Space Minifigs. (Jim Spaceborn: The Unknown Galaxy) Zorax Ice planet in the Planet X/Selva Galaxy. (Bug Battle) Zotax Homeworld of the Zotaxians, also known as the Star People (the UFO Aliens). It is located in a parallel universe in another dimension. Its surface is barren and rocky, but a massive organism living on the surface provides a livable atmosphere for the Zotaxians. A nearby black hole provides a gateway to our galaxy. (1997 UFO comic insert) In their natural state, the Zotaxians are totally integrated into their environment. (1997 catalog) Possibly the same planet as Xizos and/or Humorless. A group of Zotaxians who would later become the Insectoids fled from a cruel leader on their homeworld, later landing on Holox. (Insectoid Invasion) TC

I loved Indy 4! Their hands were kind of tied with Harrison Ford's age and all; it would have been hard to sell him as being in his 40's. I'm still kicking myself for missing out on the Indy sets...I'm determined not to miss out on the POTC sets the same way... TC

That's too bad...even the picture on the cover would be helpful, if you could remember that. TC

That's still an interesting piece of information...you wouldn't happen to still have the magazine, or know the title/issue number? Those old LEGO magazines had a lot of interesting info, but they can be hard to find nowadays. TC

Ooooh, theme crossover? Can you tell me more? TC

Because the first post is adorable? Seriously, though, this looks like a good start...it'll be interesting to see how some of the more elaborate details can be done... TC